Rita Marshall
@ritamarshall.bsky.social
Soap account | 25+yr industry vet - Writer|Producer...not soaps, but could prob fix them if I'm procrastinating lol | GenX FAFO | 40yr #GH fan but it's currently a challenge | #ClassicGH 🇨🇦
This convo led me to revisiting another show KMc was on lol, The Stones (2004 CBS sitcom from Jenji Kohan)... VERY short-lived. Only found 3eps on YT, but still funny, and has a great cast
Her and Jay Baruchel's characters were doing a sorta pre-Big Bang Theory scientists dating thing lol
Her and Jay Baruchel's characters were doing a sorta pre-Big Bang Theory scientists dating thing lol
February 14, 2026 at 4:58 AM
This convo led me to revisiting another show KMc was on lol, The Stones (2004 CBS sitcom from Jenji Kohan)... VERY short-lived. Only found 3eps on YT, but still funny, and has a great cast
Her and Jay Baruchel's characters were doing a sorta pre-Big Bang Theory scientists dating thing lol
Her and Jay Baruchel's characters were doing a sorta pre-Big Bang Theory scientists dating thing lol
I did watch O&A, but prob haven't seen it again in decades lol
I think I was aware of Julie Berman before GH but can't specifically remember her from O&A
I think I was aware of Julie Berman before GH but can't specifically remember her from O&A
February 14, 2026 at 3:13 AM
I did watch O&A, but prob haven't seen it again in decades lol
I think I was aware of Julie Berman before GH but can't specifically remember her from O&A
I think I was aware of Julie Berman before GH but can't specifically remember her from O&A
Quick wiki/imdb check suggests this was prob 97
Jennifer Hammon played the role on PC from 1997-99 but Karen only appeared on GH in 97 and 99
Once & Again premiered Sept 99, so pilot would've been shot in winter/spring 99
Scenes also seem to be introducing these characters... so 1997 🤷♀️😆
Jennifer Hammon played the role on PC from 1997-99 but Karen only appeared on GH in 97 and 99
Once & Again premiered Sept 99, so pilot would've been shot in winter/spring 99
Scenes also seem to be introducing these characters... so 1997 🤷♀️😆
February 14, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Quick wiki/imdb check suggests this was prob 97
Jennifer Hammon played the role on PC from 1997-99 but Karen only appeared on GH in 97 and 99
Once & Again premiered Sept 99, so pilot would've been shot in winter/spring 99
Scenes also seem to be introducing these characters... so 1997 🤷♀️😆
Jennifer Hammon played the role on PC from 1997-99 but Karen only appeared on GH in 97 and 99
Once & Again premiered Sept 99, so pilot would've been shot in winter/spring 99
Scenes also seem to be introducing these characters... so 1997 🤷♀️😆
Had no clue this was a thing til your posts a few weeks ago... dove down rabbit hole and 🤣🤣🤣
When I worked at NBC (decades ago), we were on same lot as Days/Leno/etc. You could watch monitor live feeds from each studio... Used to hear stories about MASSIVE diva blowups at Days caught on monitors 😂😂
When I worked at NBC (decades ago), we were on same lot as Days/Leno/etc. You could watch monitor live feeds from each studio... Used to hear stories about MASSIVE diva blowups at Days caught on monitors 😂😂
February 14, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Had no clue this was a thing til your posts a few weeks ago... dove down rabbit hole and 🤣🤣🤣
When I worked at NBC (decades ago), we were on same lot as Days/Leno/etc. You could watch monitor live feeds from each studio... Used to hear stories about MASSIVE diva blowups at Days caught on monitors 😂😂
When I worked at NBC (decades ago), we were on same lot as Days/Leno/etc. You could watch monitor live feeds from each studio... Used to hear stories about MASSIVE diva blowups at Days caught on monitors 😂😂
That tracks. They'd started doing reckonings around then but society didn't quite get it yet lol
Original Sonny/Karen scenes are hard to watch now. They're A LOT more disturbing than how they tell it here, esp w/ 2026 lens. But Sonny's still not owning what he did - so saying he changed is BS #GH
Original Sonny/Karen scenes are hard to watch now. They're A LOT more disturbing than how they tell it here, esp w/ 2026 lens. But Sonny's still not owning what he did - so saying he changed is BS #GH
February 14, 2026 at 12:16 AM
That tracks. They'd started doing reckonings around then but society didn't quite get it yet lol
Original Sonny/Karen scenes are hard to watch now. They're A LOT more disturbing than how they tell it here, esp w/ 2026 lens. But Sonny's still not owning what he did - so saying he changed is BS #GH
Original Sonny/Karen scenes are hard to watch now. They're A LOT more disturbing than how they tell it here, esp w/ 2026 lens. But Sonny's still not owning what he did - so saying he changed is BS #GH
What year was this? 1997-98?
No lies detected from Karen... tho there's some MAJOR retconning/propping/softening going on to make Sonny not the villain! 🙄
He fully groomed/preyed on her, Jason, Stone, Robin, Brenda, Lucky, Emily... But even then the language/context was still victim-blaming 😒 #GH
No lies detected from Karen... tho there's some MAJOR retconning/propping/softening going on to make Sonny not the villain! 🙄
He fully groomed/preyed on her, Jason, Stone, Robin, Brenda, Lucky, Emily... But even then the language/context was still victim-blaming 😒 #GH
February 13, 2026 at 11:20 PM
What year was this? 1997-98?
No lies detected from Karen... tho there's some MAJOR retconning/propping/softening going on to make Sonny not the villain! 🙄
He fully groomed/preyed on her, Jason, Stone, Robin, Brenda, Lucky, Emily... But even then the language/context was still victim-blaming 😒 #GH
No lies detected from Karen... tho there's some MAJOR retconning/propping/softening going on to make Sonny not the villain! 🙄
He fully groomed/preyed on her, Jason, Stone, Robin, Brenda, Lucky, Emily... But even then the language/context was still victim-blaming 😒 #GH
Ya. There have been A LOT of those pairings if you look back... not sure they'd fly today. Bc teens playing teens is very different than adults playing teens
Ironically, the Nik/Katherine Bell pairing wasn't even that creepy bc Tyler was like a decade older than Nik and MBE was only in her 30s 😆
Ironically, the Nik/Katherine Bell pairing wasn't even that creepy bc Tyler was like a decade older than Nik and MBE was only in her 30s 😆
February 13, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Ya. There have been A LOT of those pairings if you look back... not sure they'd fly today. Bc teens playing teens is very different than adults playing teens
Ironically, the Nik/Katherine Bell pairing wasn't even that creepy bc Tyler was like a decade older than Nik and MBE was only in her 30s 😆
Ironically, the Nik/Katherine Bell pairing wasn't even that creepy bc Tyler was like a decade older than Nik and MBE was only in her 30s 😆
I see that now 🤣
I'm around her (real) age and it never even occurred to me at the time. Prob bc we were all still kids at 20, and looked same age between 15-20 so it got socially blurred. None of us was more mature/experienced. It just wasn't weird... esp in my theater groups
But ya, I get it lol
I'm around her (real) age and it never even occurred to me at the time. Prob bc we were all still kids at 20, and looked same age between 15-20 so it got socially blurred. None of us was more mature/experienced. It just wasn't weird... esp in my theater groups
But ya, I get it lol
February 13, 2026 at 9:27 PM
I see that now 🤣
I'm around her (real) age and it never even occurred to me at the time. Prob bc we were all still kids at 20, and looked same age between 15-20 so it got socially blurred. None of us was more mature/experienced. It just wasn't weird... esp in my theater groups
But ya, I get it lol
I'm around her (real) age and it never even occurred to me at the time. Prob bc we were all still kids at 20, and looked same age between 15-20 so it got socially blurred. None of us was more mature/experienced. It just wasn't weird... esp in my theater groups
But ya, I get it lol
I mean... not great 😬😂😂🤦♀️
But to be fair, nobody was thinking like that then. They SHOULD have been. It just wasn't on any of our radars, esp when the girl was older. It kinda fell under "Romeo & Juliet laws" ... not that anyone pushed back when the guy playing teen was an adult man either lol #GH
But to be fair, nobody was thinking like that then. They SHOULD have been. It just wasn't on any of our radars, esp when the girl was older. It kinda fell under "Romeo & Juliet laws" ... not that anyone pushed back when the guy playing teen was an adult man either lol #GH
February 13, 2026 at 9:18 PM
I mean... not great 😬😂😂🤦♀️
But to be fair, nobody was thinking like that then. They SHOULD have been. It just wasn't on any of our radars, esp when the girl was older. It kinda fell under "Romeo & Juliet laws" ... not that anyone pushed back when the guy playing teen was an adult man either lol #GH
But to be fair, nobody was thinking like that then. They SHOULD have been. It just wasn't on any of our radars, esp when the girl was older. It kinda fell under "Romeo & Juliet laws" ... not that anyone pushed back when the guy playing teen was an adult man either lol #GH
Wait, why? I'm confused... They were about the same age - and both looked it, and neither was experienced... I didn't like other things about them (mostly later lol) but not bc they were age-inappropriate
Or am I reading this wrong? lol
Or am I reading this wrong? lol
February 13, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Wait, why? I'm confused... They were about the same age - and both looked it, and neither was experienced... I didn't like other things about them (mostly later lol) but not bc they were age-inappropriate
Or am I reading this wrong? lol
Or am I reading this wrong? lol
Back then (as teen), I wasn't bothered by Sonny/Brenda... which says less about me and A LOT about culture at the time
Bc I loathed who he was w/ Karen and rightly saw him as predator. The nuance of it went over my head then lol but it was brilliant
UNTIL they turned him into a leading man 🤦♀️🤢 #GH
Bc I loathed who he was w/ Karen and rightly saw him as predator. The nuance of it went over my head then lol but it was brilliant
UNTIL they turned him into a leading man 🤦♀️🤢 #GH
February 13, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Back then (as teen), I wasn't bothered by Sonny/Brenda... which says less about me and A LOT about culture at the time
Bc I loathed who he was w/ Karen and rightly saw him as predator. The nuance of it went over my head then lol but it was brilliant
UNTIL they turned him into a leading man 🤦♀️🤢 #GH
Bc I loathed who he was w/ Karen and rightly saw him as predator. The nuance of it went over my head then lol but it was brilliant
UNTIL they turned him into a leading man 🤦♀️🤢 #GH
Sonny and Brenda have NOT aged well on rewatch! 😳
She was a kid. It was RIGHT after he r*ped/abused Karen. He was full on predator. And she even left him for being abusive and controlling!
Making Sonny the "hero" is when #GH jumped the shark. He is so much worse than Luke, and that's a low bar lol
She was a kid. It was RIGHT after he r*ped/abused Karen. He was full on predator. And she even left him for being abusive and controlling!
Making Sonny the "hero" is when #GH jumped the shark. He is so much worse than Luke, and that's a low bar lol
February 13, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Sonny and Brenda have NOT aged well on rewatch! 😳
She was a kid. It was RIGHT after he r*ped/abused Karen. He was full on predator. And she even left him for being abusive and controlling!
Making Sonny the "hero" is when #GH jumped the shark. He is so much worse than Luke, and that's a low bar lol
She was a kid. It was RIGHT after he r*ped/abused Karen. He was full on predator. And she even left him for being abusive and controlling!
Making Sonny the "hero" is when #GH jumped the shark. He is so much worse than Luke, and that's a low bar lol
I dated A LOT of older men (~15yr-gap). But I was over 25 and they were NOT old enough to be my dad 😂
Tho those much older men did hit me up on dating apps... But I understood it even back then. I was awful lol. I'd just flat out say they were too old for me, then refer them to my divorced mom 🤣🤣
Tho those much older men did hit me up on dating apps... But I understood it even back then. I was awful lol. I'd just flat out say they were too old for me, then refer them to my divorced mom 🤣🤣
February 13, 2026 at 8:28 PM
I dated A LOT of older men (~15yr-gap). But I was over 25 and they were NOT old enough to be my dad 😂
Tho those much older men did hit me up on dating apps... But I understood it even back then. I was awful lol. I'd just flat out say they were too old for me, then refer them to my divorced mom 🤣🤣
Tho those much older men did hit me up on dating apps... But I understood it even back then. I was awful lol. I'd just flat out say they were too old for me, then refer them to my divorced mom 🤣🤣
This is why there's no excusing Sonny. The parallels are there... esp when Joss/Trina/Cam/Spencer were same ages as Karen/Brenda
They wouldn't let them date other teens, much less an abusive grown man in his 30s! 😆
Brenda was 19, vulnerable, barely out of HS. Sonny WAS abusive and controlling #GH
They wouldn't let them date other teens, much less an abusive grown man in his 30s! 😆
Brenda was 19, vulnerable, barely out of HS. Sonny WAS abusive and controlling #GH
February 13, 2026 at 8:06 PM
This is why there's no excusing Sonny. The parallels are there... esp when Joss/Trina/Cam/Spencer were same ages as Karen/Brenda
They wouldn't let them date other teens, much less an abusive grown man in his 30s! 😆
Brenda was 19, vulnerable, barely out of HS. Sonny WAS abusive and controlling #GH
They wouldn't let them date other teens, much less an abusive grown man in his 30s! 😆
Brenda was 19, vulnerable, barely out of HS. Sonny WAS abusive and controlling #GH
What I find so disturbing about ALL those stories was that Genie was actually 15!!!? 😳
Don't think they'd allow it today. At least not done in same way. Thankfully the protections for minor actors is better now
And narrative around it would be different... wasn't Laura BLAMED for "affair"??! 🤦♀️ #GH
Don't think they'd allow it today. At least not done in same way. Thankfully the protections for minor actors is better now
And narrative around it would be different... wasn't Laura BLAMED for "affair"??! 🤦♀️ #GH
February 13, 2026 at 7:57 PM
What I find so disturbing about ALL those stories was that Genie was actually 15!!!? 😳
Don't think they'd allow it today. At least not done in same way. Thankfully the protections for minor actors is better now
And narrative around it would be different... wasn't Laura BLAMED for "affair"??! 🤦♀️ #GH
Don't think they'd allow it today. At least not done in same way. Thankfully the protections for minor actors is better now
And narrative around it would be different... wasn't Laura BLAMED for "affair"??! 🤦♀️ #GH
On vacation once (I was about 20), my sister and I were chatting up these older guys (maybe ~30). We always looked young, but they smartly asked our ages
My sister goes "I'll be 19"
I was like "ya, in 3 years!" 🤣🤣🤣
Never let her hear the end of it lol. And this would've been mid-90s, not 1970s 😂
My sister goes "I'll be 19"
I was like "ya, in 3 years!" 🤣🤣🤣
Never let her hear the end of it lol. And this would've been mid-90s, not 1970s 😂
February 13, 2026 at 7:51 PM
On vacation once (I was about 20), my sister and I were chatting up these older guys (maybe ~30). We always looked young, but they smartly asked our ages
My sister goes "I'll be 19"
I was like "ya, in 3 years!" 🤣🤣🤣
Never let her hear the end of it lol. And this would've been mid-90s, not 1970s 😂
My sister goes "I'll be 19"
I was like "ya, in 3 years!" 🤣🤣🤣
Never let her hear the end of it lol. And this would've been mid-90s, not 1970s 😂
It was lol - and the Laura/Scotty version was fine, maybe still fine if they're at same maturity level 😆
But in retrospect, I think we now know why this older man dynamic was VERY f'ed up (ie. grooming/control/uneven power)... It was never good, we just didn't realize it yet lol #GH
But in retrospect, I think we now know why this older man dynamic was VERY f'ed up (ie. grooming/control/uneven power)... It was never good, we just didn't realize it yet lol #GH
February 13, 2026 at 7:43 PM
It was lol - and the Laura/Scotty version was fine, maybe still fine if they're at same maturity level 😆
But in retrospect, I think we now know why this older man dynamic was VERY f'ed up (ie. grooming/control/uneven power)... It was never good, we just didn't realize it yet lol #GH
But in retrospect, I think we now know why this older man dynamic was VERY f'ed up (ie. grooming/control/uneven power)... It was never good, we just didn't realize it yet lol #GH
Middle-aged or not, 44 is still way too young to have birthed a grown man who has been a doctor for MANY years 😂
The age-gap between the various Jordans and TJs has always been a problem. They keep casting her younger and him older
Tho Tracy/Ned and Liv/Dante also have this problem lol #GH
The age-gap between the various Jordans and TJs has always been a problem. They keep casting her younger and him older
Tho Tracy/Ned and Liv/Dante also have this problem lol #GH
February 13, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Middle-aged or not, 44 is still way too young to have birthed a grown man who has been a doctor for MANY years 😂
The age-gap between the various Jordans and TJs has always been a problem. They keep casting her younger and him older
Tho Tracy/Ned and Liv/Dante also have this problem lol #GH
The age-gap between the various Jordans and TJs has always been a problem. They keep casting her younger and him older
Tho Tracy/Ned and Liv/Dante also have this problem lol #GH
I used to think it was bc they were racist (I mean, they still are lol) and couldn't tell the difference (or didn't care) bc this is a pattern - like all Black women look same age to them 🙄
But then BTG started doing it too. So I really don't get it. Jordan should be at least 50s to be TJ's mom #GH
But then BTG started doing it too. So I really don't get it. Jordan should be at least 50s to be TJ's mom #GH
February 13, 2026 at 4:09 AM
I used to think it was bc they were racist (I mean, they still are lol) and couldn't tell the difference (or didn't care) bc this is a pattern - like all Black women look same age to them 🙄
But then BTG started doing it too. So I really don't get it. Jordan should be at least 50s to be TJ's mom #GH
But then BTG started doing it too. So I really don't get it. Jordan should be at least 50s to be TJ's mom #GH
Ya. Can never forget that... or really any of Sonny's behaviors and attitudes over past 30+yrs
Like at least Luke only r*ped one person once and didn't continue being abusive monster while everyone pretended he was a model citizen 😂
Luke could still be awful, but not in same specific way lol #GH
Like at least Luke only r*ped one person once and didn't continue being abusive monster while everyone pretended he was a model citizen 😂
Luke could still be awful, but not in same specific way lol #GH
February 13, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Ya. Can never forget that... or really any of Sonny's behaviors and attitudes over past 30+yrs
Like at least Luke only r*ped one person once and didn't continue being abusive monster while everyone pretended he was a model citizen 😂
Luke could still be awful, but not in same specific way lol #GH
Like at least Luke only r*ped one person once and didn't continue being abusive monster while everyone pretended he was a model citizen 😂
Luke could still be awful, but not in same specific way lol #GH
Oh, I was talking about Sonny lol... but YES! Totally forgot, Laura was underage too! 😆🤦♀️
It's pretty sick. Child bride Laura was 17 (as was Genie?!!) married to law student Scott (22/23? - Kin was 26)... and Luke was adult (Tony was 32!!!)
Times were different, blah blah blah lol, but facts 🤷♀️ #GH
It's pretty sick. Child bride Laura was 17 (as was Genie?!!) married to law student Scott (22/23? - Kin was 26)... and Luke was adult (Tony was 32!!!)
Times were different, blah blah blah lol, but facts 🤷♀️ #GH
February 13, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Oh, I was talking about Sonny lol... but YES! Totally forgot, Laura was underage too! 😆🤦♀️
It's pretty sick. Child bride Laura was 17 (as was Genie?!!) married to law student Scott (22/23? - Kin was 26)... and Luke was adult (Tony was 32!!!)
Times were different, blah blah blah lol, but facts 🤷♀️ #GH
It's pretty sick. Child bride Laura was 17 (as was Genie?!!) married to law student Scott (22/23? - Kin was 26)... and Luke was adult (Tony was 32!!!)
Times were different, blah blah blah lol, but facts 🤷♀️ #GH
When you said frozen butter and stretch & fold I thought croissant dough, and was like "phew! I'll NEVER make this recipe!" 😂 ...Then I googled. It looks SO easy! 🤦♀️🤣🤣
I try to avoid making/buying croissants, for obvious reasons lol. But I might have to make this loaf. Doh! 😂
I try to avoid making/buying croissants, for obvious reasons lol. But I might have to make this loaf. Doh! 😂
February 12, 2026 at 10:58 PM
When you said frozen butter and stretch & fold I thought croissant dough, and was like "phew! I'll NEVER make this recipe!" 😂 ...Then I googled. It looks SO easy! 🤦♀️🤣🤣
I try to avoid making/buying croissants, for obvious reasons lol. But I might have to make this loaf. Doh! 😂
I try to avoid making/buying croissants, for obvious reasons lol. But I might have to make this loaf. Doh! 😂
Well it wasn't exactly the best era for women getting to have agency lol
But my main issue is w/ #GH specifically. Like, are you kidding me having this convo coming from "responsible dad" Jason who was groomed by their still "moral center leading man" Sonny, the pedo/r*pist/murderer/abuser??! 😂🙄
But my main issue is w/ #GH specifically. Like, are you kidding me having this convo coming from "responsible dad" Jason who was groomed by their still "moral center leading man" Sonny, the pedo/r*pist/murderer/abuser??! 😂🙄
February 12, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Well it wasn't exactly the best era for women getting to have agency lol
But my main issue is w/ #GH specifically. Like, are you kidding me having this convo coming from "responsible dad" Jason who was groomed by their still "moral center leading man" Sonny, the pedo/r*pist/murderer/abuser??! 😂🙄
But my main issue is w/ #GH specifically. Like, are you kidding me having this convo coming from "responsible dad" Jason who was groomed by their still "moral center leading man" Sonny, the pedo/r*pist/murderer/abuser??! 😂🙄
Well this is ENTIRELY the problem. Bc if the show was more balanced it would be very easy to shift focus to other characters and storylines
And if this was a last minute break, there'd even be wiggle room to insert another character into his place... like why isn't this a Valentin/Emma story? #GH
And if this was a last minute break, there'd even be wiggle room to insert another character into his place... like why isn't this a Valentin/Emma story? #GH
February 12, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Well this is ENTIRELY the problem. Bc if the show was more balanced it would be very easy to shift focus to other characters and storylines
And if this was a last minute break, there'd even be wiggle room to insert another character into his place... like why isn't this a Valentin/Emma story? #GH
And if this was a last minute break, there'd even be wiggle room to insert another character into his place... like why isn't this a Valentin/Emma story? #GH